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From transportation snafus to issues with her American Disabilities Act tickets, a popular University of Miami student and influencer, Elle Yona, recently shared her experience at a football game, highlighting everyday struggles for people with disabilities.

The video, which has since gone viral on her account, opens with the college student in her wheelchair on a bus ramp that got stuck. Elle, who was paralyzed from the neck down as the result of a spinal cord stroke at 16, said that she was stuck for about five minutes “in front of everyone” while it was fixed.

She captioned the video as “just my luck” with accompanying emojis and tags.

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A Pennsylvania teen sprang into action after her school bus driver had a medical emergency and the whole thing was caught on tape, according to reporting from Fox 13 News – Tampa Bay.

The incident happened on Friday, Sept. 18, in Hollidaysburg, a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Bus surveillance footage shows children walking up the aisle of the bus to get off at their stop. The bus slowly begins moving, with the line of students hesitating and looking at their driver in confusion.

After a brief, flummoxing moment, the students discover that their driver is suffering from a medical emergency.

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The driver who police say crashed into an electric motorcycle carrying two minors, killing one of them, in Northwest Miami-Dade turned himself in, police say.

The incident occurred on Sept. 9 shortly before 9 p.m. when two minors, 10 and 15 years old, were heading south on Northwest Seventh Avenue, according to reporting from The Miami Herald. As they crossed Northwest 117th Street, a vehicle at the intersection attempting to make a left turn to go west crashed into them. Both children were ejected from the motorcycle and the driver allegedly drove off, according to police.

Both children were taken to the hospital in critical condition. The 10-year-old tragically died on Sept. 10. As of Tuesday, Sept. 29, the newspaper reported, the boy remains in critical condition.

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Two more Bronx neighborhoods were recently added to an ongoing alert for a Legionnaires’ disease cluster identified by the New York City Department of Health.

Initially, the investigation focused on parts of Melrose and Morrisania (ZIP codes 10451and 10456.) On Sunday, Sept. 20, the NYDOH expanded the alert, adding 10455 and 10459 after cases within a few blocks of 10456 were identified.

At least 21 people tested positive for Legionnaires’ in connection to the cluster, according to reporting from local media. Three people were still hospitalized as of Monday, Sept. 21, while 14 others had been discharged. Two more were not hospitalized and two others died.

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At least two people have died, and several others were injured in multiple South Florida crashes over the weekend.

The first of the collisions occurred on Friday, Sept. 25, just before 8 a.m. The crash was located at North Collier Boulevard and East Elkam Circle. Officials told reporters with local media that a motorcyclist heading north on Collier Boulevard was in the left lane approaching East Elkman Circle when another vehicle, a Toyota Tacoma, was traveling south on the same road on the inside lane and was also approaching East Elkman Circle. The motorcyclist allegedly attempted to turn and was T-boned by the pickup truck, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.

The man was identified as a 67-year-old from Marco Island. The driver of the Tacoma was identified as a 33-year-old from Naples. The motorcyclist was taken to Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, where he died from his injuries.

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A woman who was attacked by four dogs while on a walk in her neighborhood talked to reporters about her experience after the last of the animals was found and captured.

The attack happened on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 17, near a home on Northwest 145th Street and 11th Court, according to reporting from CBS News. Much of the attack was caught on camera and involved four terrier mixes.

The dogs, which allegedly belong to the homeowner’s ex-husband, were staying at the home when they escaped the property with some jumping the fence and at least one going underneath it. The homeowner told CBS News that she tried getting the shelter to pick up the animals but alleged that they “didn’t want to pick up the dogs.”

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At least four people were injured after equipment at a Brickell worksite collapsed onto multiple cars and a construction box Monday, Sept. 14, according to NBC 6 South Florida.

The incident happened around 8 a.m. when an 85-foot drill rig collapsed on Southeast 12th Street and Brickell Bay Drive. At least two workers, 29 and 27 years old, were in the construction box when the rig fell, trapping them. A 47-year-old construction worker who was operating the drill rig, jumped out of it as it tipped over.

In addition to the construction box, the rig also fell on at least three vehicles, two of which were parked and one that was driving down Brickell Bay Drive. When the driver saw the drill rig falling, she allegedly put her car into reverse. The rig then landed on the SUV’s hood, causing a fire. Thankfully, the driver was able to get out of the vehicle by going through the back of the car, media reported.

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Then man who was critically injured in a Rickenbacker Causeway bicycle accident last month has been identified as a well-known local orthopedic surgeon.

The incident happened on Saturday, Aug. 29, around 8:30 a.m. when 63-year-old Dr. Gilbert Beauperthuy-Rojas was hit by a driver as he pedaled along the Causeway — a six-laned toll road that sees roughly half a million cyclists and about 10 million vehicles annually, according to reporting from The Miami Herald and Florida International University’s Caplin News. He was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with police in their investigation. Additional information, including the circumstances surrounding the crash have yet to be released.

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A lawsuit has been filed, and additional details have been released regarding what happened the day a Boeing 767 jet overshot a Miami International Airport runway and killed five people, according to reporting from local media.

The incident happened on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 6, when an Amazon cargo plane from 21 Air overran the end of the airport’s Runway 30. In addition to the five tragic deaths, another five people are reportedly injured, local media reported.

The five people that were killed in the van were identified by the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Those who died were Javierk Reyes Quevado, 47; Yoel Rodriguiez Narajo, 53; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; and Julio C. Pineda, 75. At least two other people in the van as well as one other person who was in a separate vehicle were injured in the crash. The pilots, 55-year-old Joseph Carroll and 37-year-old Filipe Silva Molina, were injured and released from the hospital, Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz told reporters.

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Leesfield & Partners is representing a 9-year-old South Florida boy who was viciously attacked by several dogs while on the beach at the Bimini Cove Resort & Marina.

This case is being handled by Partner Justin B. Shapiro and Trial Attorney  Eric Shane.

On Tuesday, July 28, Beau Brattain was staying at the resort with his family when he went to the beach to collect sand for his hermit crab tank. As he collected the sand, he was descended upon by several dogs who mauled his head, right arm, and thigh. He was rushed to a local hospital before doctors concluded his injuries were so severe that he required transport to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

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